D-Mo a no go again, but Motiejunas hopes to practice, play this week

Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas, a first-round pick in 2011 who joined the team this week, sat out a second-consecutive day of practices Monday, but said he was not concerned that his sore back would prevent him from practicing this week or being ready for the start of the Rockets’ summer league schedule on Friday in Las Vegas.

“It’s not a worst one, it’s not a best one. I still feel tight. Doctors are doing whatever they can to release it, to help me. Hopefully tomorrow I may start practicing. I really feel bad. The guys are working. To have to sit and watch, I don’t like that.”